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Weatherford, Willis D. (Willis Duke), -- 1875-1970.

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Berea College 1973-1975 Oral History Project Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 14-14.04
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of twenty nine audio cassette recordings of individual interviews, group discussions, and oral presentations that document various aspects of Berea College and community history.There are transcripts for the individual interviews and notes in varying degrees of completeness for the other recordings.The memory time span of the narrators ranges mostly from the 1920s to the early 1970s. The interviews were conducted by various faculty members and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1973-1975

Committee on Student Life (1968-1969)

 Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.17
Abstract In April 1968, President Willis D. Weatherford appointed an ad-hoc committee with the charge of studying various aspects of student life at Berea and recommending to the Cabinet and Faculty modifications and improvements in current policies and practices (including judicial procedures). The Committee on Student Life included student members and served under the chairmanship of Martha Pride. Committee work resulted in a final report containing recommendations for a revised system of rules and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1968-1969

Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 03-3.06
Abstract

Official and personal papers of Willis D. Weatherford, Jr., sixth president of Berea College.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1966-1996

Willis D. Weatherford, Sr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 09-9.56
Abstract

Correspondence, printed material, writings, speeches, and other material relating to the professional and personal life of Willis D. Weatherford, Sr.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1915-1970

Wilderness Road Drama Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 11-11.04
Abstract Wilderness Road, an outdoor symphonic drama, was commissioned by Berea College to help commemorate the school’s centennial celebration in the summer of 1955.  The drama was written by Pulitzer prize-winning author, Paul Green, who also authored The Common Glory, The Lost Colony, and The Stephen Foster Story. Green received the Freedom Foundation’s George...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1980

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Berea (Ky.) 2
Appalachian Region -- Economic Conditions. 1
Appalachian Region. 1
Education, Higher -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. 1
Education, higher -- Administration 1